Concomitant partial meniscectomy worsens outcome after arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

• Published in: Acta orthopaedica Vol. 73; no. 2; pp. 179 - 185
• Main Authors: Kartus, Jüri T, Russell, Vivianne J, Salmon, Lucy J, Magnusson, Lennart C, Brandsson, Sveinbjörn, Pehrsson, Nils G, Pinczewski, Leo A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basingstoke Informa UK Ltd 2002; Taylor & Francis
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Anterior Cruciate Ligament - surgery; Arthroscopy - adverse effects; Biological and medical sciences; Combined Modality Therapy - adverse effects; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Knee Joint - surgery; Male; Medical sciences; Menisci, Tibial - surgery; Middle Aged; Orthopedic surgery; Outcome Assessment (Health Care); Postoperative Complications; Retrospective Studies; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Time Factors; Knee; Human; Endoscopic surgery; Prognosis; Anatomical reconstruction; Anterior cruciate ligament; Orthopedic surgery; Arthroscopy; Treatment; Meniscectomy; Partial; Combined treatment; Medium term; Technique

In this multi-center study involving 412 patients, we assessed the influence of concomitant partial meniscal resection on the medium-term clinical results after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. We performed a resection of minimum one-third of the medial or lateral menisci in 137 patients (...